Author: [Sforzonsi, Luigi]. Greene, Nathaniel [1797 - 1877] - Translator
Title: A COMPENDIOUS HISTORY Of ITALY. Harper's Family Library #LXXIX.; Translated from the Original Italian by Nathaniel Greene
Description: New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 82 Cliff-Street, 1836. 1st US Edition. Linen cloth binding with printed black lettering. xii, [13] - 319, [7] pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts at rear. 12mo, bound in 6s. 6-1/4" x 3-7/8". VG (some soiling & foxing to cloth/text quite clean). A translation of Sforzosi's COMPENDIO DELLA STORIA D'ITALIA, first published in 1832. Sforzosi's narrative was compiled largely from the work of Carol Botta and Luigi Bossi. From Greene's preface, ". a work remarkable for the elegance of its style; as well as for the clearness and precision with which the events are sketched..".

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